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MLA Legal Win Sets Precedent for ESA

Posted on October 4, 2023October 16, 2023 by Melissa Waterman in MLA News

In June the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) in its appeal of a 2022 lower court ruling in Maine Lobstermen’s Association v. … Continue reading →

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Guest Column: Recap of the 2023 Summer

Posted on September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 by Patrick Keliher, Commissioner, Department of Marine Resources in Management

First published in Landings, September 2023 We’ve had a summer with more than our fair share of rain and fog, but despite the weather it started on a good note, with the Washington, D.C. Appellate … Continue reading →

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Steaming Ahead | September 2023

Posted on September 7, 2023September 11, 2023 by Amber-Jean Nickel, MLA Chief Operating Officer in MLA News

First published in Landings, September 2023 The summer fog lifted (for most of us) and Maine’s coast is once again showing off its beauty. It’s hard not to notice! It’s why you call the coast … Continue reading →

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Maine’s Lobstermen, Businesses Breathe a Sigh of Relief

Posted on August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 by Melissa Waterman in MLA News

In 2021, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) took a drastic step. The board of directors voted to sue the federal government, specifically the National Marine Fisheries Service, for its ill-founded and deeply flawed Biological Opinion … Continue reading →

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Maine Lobstermen, Alaska Trollers Share Similar Threats

Posted on August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 by MLA staff in Miscellaneous

The Alaskan salmon troller fishery may seem entirely unconnected to the Maine lobster fishery but in fact the two fisheries have faced similar mortal threats from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). In 2020, an … Continue reading →

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Steaming Ahead | August 2023

Posted on August 2, 2023September 7, 2023 by Patrice McCarron, MLA policy director in MLA News

First published in Landings, August 2023 Everyone in the lobster industry should remember the date of June 16 with pride. It is the day that the lobster industry earned a historic victory when a panel … Continue reading →

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MLA Earns Historic Win for Maine’s Lobster Industry: How Did We Get Here?

Posted on July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 by MLA Staff in Miscellaneous

Click here for details on this historic win! Spring 2017 – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) publishes new model in May which determines that the right whale population has been in decline since 2010; declares … Continue reading →

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MLA Earns Historic Win for Maine’s Lobster Industry

Posted on July 5, 2023August 2, 2023 by MLA Staff in MLA News

It has been an exhausting, expensive fight yet in the end, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) prevailed. On June 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 3-0 in favor of the … Continue reading →

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Steaming Ahead – March & April 2021

Posted on March 25, 2021March 30, 2021 by Patrice McCarron in MLA News

I am forever an optimist, but the issues that Maine lobstermen are facing in 2021 keep me awake at night. The MLA is rallying the troops and organizing our allies as we now face the … Continue reading →

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NMFS calls for deeper cuts over ten years to protect whales

Posted on January 29, 2021March 25, 2021 by MLA Staff in Management, Whales

Right whales will continue to decline unless other actions taken Two major announcements related to North Atlantic right whales and the U.S. lobster fishery were made by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as 2020 … Continue reading →

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